CVE-2022-1298 (GCVE-0-2022-1298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-23 07:15 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:55
VLAI
Title
Tabs Responsive < 2.2.8 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.2.8 does not sanitise and escape Tab descriptions, which could allow high privileged users with a role as low as editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Tabs Affected: 2.2.8 , < 2.2.8 (custom)
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Credits
Fayçal CHENA
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